StarFish Medical is mentioned in ‘Winnipeg Ventilator’ awaits approval written by Martin Cash and published in the July 21, 2020 edition of Winnipeg Free Press. Subheaded “Made-in-Canada machine based on tech from device designed at U of M three decades ago,” the article includes comments from John Walmsley, StarFish executive vice-president of strategic relationships.
“Walmsley said StarFish is used to making complex electromechanical medical devices and getting them through the regulatory approval process.
“But what was not normal was the nature of the program… to start in March and to have it designed and do the final test at the end of May and to be shipping significant units (by the fourth quarter)… that is outrageously fast,” he said.”